Strange habits

[B-side]

Yeah, I know. I'm glad you didn't take it personally.

Oh, no, I get it. I'm sure I'd do the same thing given the opportunity.

[Kurosawa Fan]

- When paying a restaurant check by credit card, I always put down a tip that will make the overall charge an full, rounded integer on my bill.

I also do this.

[Dukefrukem]

I tend not to post things like this publicly on an open forum. But I'll still continue to read all your posts. Keep going.

[bac0n]

I rock, incessantly. Most of the time I don't even realize I'm doing it.

[Mara]

I have little freaks that come and go over years or decades, but they generally fade and I loosen up. But the biggest and most notable is:

I talk to myself. Incessantly. At any time when I am not actively surrounded by people, I am talking to myself. It's a constant flow of narration and dialogue of my daydreams, which are complex mega-epics that I have developed over years. It's intensely private, so I'm always amazed to find out that yes, other people can hear me when I talk aloud.

Worse yet, I had roommates who used to do it on purpose. Just this weekend a friend told me that she would stand outside the bathroom when I showered and listen to me talk. I said, "And you could actually follow what I said?" Because to me, it's just like unorganized thoughts. And she said, "Yes, it was just like a story."

[Mara]

...too strange? We can pretend it never happened.

[Philosophe_rouge]

...too strange? We can pretend it never happened.

I think it's awesome.

[megladon8]

I often go through verbal confrontations in my head (and, yes, talking to myself) over and over and over. Sometimes dozens of times.

Then, when it comes time to actually say something...I don't.

Unfortunately, I let people walk all over me a lot.

[Sycophant]

My body's all like "you need to eat fruit!" and I'm all like "here have some gummi bears!"

[megladon8]

My body's all like "you need to eat fruit!" and I'm all like "here have some gummi bears!"

:lol:

I've been feeling this. And what's particularly puzzling is that I love fruit. But then I see a bag of Doritos and give that fresh pear a kick to the curb.

[Sycophant]

With me, the fact that gummi bears are (allegedly) fruit flavored seems to be my stumbling block.

[megladon8]

With me, the fact that gummi bears are (allegedly) fruit flavored seems to be my stumbling block.

Like Homer Simpson's logic that donuts are a serving of fruit, because "purple is a fruit"?

[Derek]

When I receive change and then put dollar bills in my wallet -- ones, fives, tens, twenties, doesn't matter -- none of the corners can be folded. I smooth them all out before they go in.

I'm the same way, plus ones go in the front slot, 5's and up, in order, in the back slot.

I carry nail clippers with me at all times. Everyone thinks it's weird until they ask me to borrow them at some point. After that, they stop making fun, and some even convert to doing the same.

Nothing wrong with that, but I haaaate when people cut their nails in public. If you go into a restroom, it's ok, but ugh, that's a sound that drives me nuts.

[B-side]

I often go through verbal confrontations in my head (and, yes, talking to myself) over and over and over. Sometimes dozens of times.

Then, when it comes time to actually say something...I don't.

Unfortunately, I let people walk all over me a lot.

I do this all the time.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Nothing wrong with that, but I haaaate when people cut their nails in public. If you go into a restroom, it's ok, but ugh, that's a sound that drives me nuts.

No, I would never do that. You'd be surprised how handy they can be though. I've used them as makeshift scissors to cut something small, like a loose thread from a shirt or something, the nail file can double as a cutting knife for opening packages and stuff at work, etc. I love having them on me. I'm always finding new uses.

[Mara]

I love little nail clippers and hoard them and try to carry them everywhere, but I lose them. Also, eyebrow tweezers, which are similarly multifunctional. Can't keep my fingers on them-- they disappear. It's very frustrating.

Also, since we're discussing habits, I clip my fingernails as close to the quick as possible without actually drawing blood. I clip it close enough that it hurts afterward. I cannot stand to have any sort of long nail, I think because I'm paranoid about dirt getting under my fingernails. I feel like nails are, inherently, dirty.

[D_Davis]

Based on your random posts, Mara, I'd say you're one giant bundle of strange habits; idiosyncratic to the core. Amiright?

[Mara]

Based on your random posts, Mara, I'd say you're one giant bundle of strange habits; idiosyncratic to the core. Amiright?

I just cross my fingers and hope people find it all endearing.

:lol:

[Mara]

That said, I think I come off as a lot less quirky in real life. I let off bonkers steam in the random thoughts thread, and then I go quietly about my life.

[D_Davis]

Heh...

I'm hella' idiosyncratic, but I do a good job of hiding it for the most part.

For example...

I'll shop for days, weeks for the perfect pair of socks, and then when I find them I'll buy like 30 pairs, and wear nothing but those socks until they are either lost of fall apart.

I won't eat anything that has even touched mayonnaise.

[number8]

My strategy for socks is that I buy a shit ton of the exact same ones so I don't have to worry about matching pairs.

[D_Davis]

My strategy for socks is that I buy a shit ton of the exact same ones so I don't have to worry about matching pairs.

I do that, too. Or I buy colors that are close enough so I don't have to worry about it.

[number8]

Yeah, no, that doesn't cut it for me. I don't go back and buy more. I buy enough pairs in one go. If I start losing them and I can't get the exact same brand/color, then I'll just throw everything out and start over.

[Eleven]

You guys wear socks? Strange habits indeed.

[Scar]

Now that its starting to get cooler outside, I can wear my uber comfy wool, wool/blend socks.